Mr. Moore practices with Bourland, Wall & Wenzel, P.C., a Fort Worth, Texas law firm representing individuals, closely held and family businesses, professional practices and charitable organizations within its areas of legal practice. Mr. Moore’s practice focuses on representation of nonprofit organizations and social enterprises. Mr. Moore advises clients on a wide range of tax and legal compliance issues including organization of various types of nonprofit and social enterprise entities, obtaining and maintaining tax-exempt status, risk management, employment issues, governance, and other business issues, as well as handling IRS audits, attorney general investigations, and advising on litigation matters for his exempt organization clients.
Mr. Moore was born in Lubbock, Texas on December 11, 1973. He earned a B.A., cum laude, from Texas A&M University and his J.D., magna cum laude, from Baylor Law School where he served as Editor in Chief of the Baylor Law Review. Mr. Moore was admitted to practice law in Texas in 2000 and before the United States District Court, Northern District of Texas and United States Tax Court in 2001. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas; Tarrant County Bar Association; American Bar Association (Business Law Section, Section of Taxation); College of the State Bar; and is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. Mr. Moore is an elected member of the American Law Institute.
Mr. Moore is an adjunct professor at Baylor Law School where he developed and taught a course surveying the law of nonprofit organizations from 2003 through 2022. He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Texas School of Law and Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law on nonprofit organization topics. Additionally, he writes and speaks regularly on tax and legal compliance issues. Mr. Moore is co-author of the third and fourth editions of Bourland, Wall & Wenzel, P.C.’s publication, Keeping Your Church Out of Court.